Jesus wept. Christ was a man of sorrow and acquainted with grief. He mourned for Lazarus and he mourned when he talked about the destruction of Jerusalem. We must mourn spiritually. Spiritual mourning is demonstrated by fasting. We mourn when we are afflicted. All men born on the earth are afflicted and suffer whether they are good or whether they are evil. Many people mourn because they cannot have the things or pleasures of the world that they want. The righteous have Godly sorrow. Godly sorrow leads to repentance. James 4:7-10, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.”
The cup of Salvation is bitter and sweet, and we must all drink from the cup. We also have to take up our cross and walk with Christ. We must suffer our own small portion of the affliction and sorrow that Christ suffered.
Written By: Evelyn C. Pointer, Elder
We also cry out against the evil that we see in the world. We cry for the condition of our people, and for our children, especially those who have gone astray. We must stay in constant prayer asking God to intercede on our behalf. God said that there was hope in our end. Those of us, the watchmen who cry for the children of God are also called Rachel in Jeremiah 31:15. “Thus saith the Lord a voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping: Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.” And also the Lord is going to put his seal on the foreheads of those who sigh and cry over the evil in this world. Ezekiel 9:4.
In the book of Acts, after the Holy Spirit was poured out on the disciples they began to speak in tongues. After Peter’s strong sermon that convinced the people about Christ, many of them began to repent. The Spirit of Grace and Supplications is the spirit that will fall on the people in the latter days also to lead them to Godly sorrow and repentance. As it is written, “They shall look upon me whom they have pierced.” For many people this will be the greatest sorrow that they have ever felt, as they are fully convinced of their sins and understand that they have been guilty of the blood of Christ. The spirit of mourning will be fulfilled.
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